On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 20:22 -0500, Greg Brown wrote:
> Bottom line: if you could purchase a Thinkpad for linux use and only
> have one laptop to use for both work, home, etc which thinkpad would it
> be?
Hi Greg,
I'm a fan of high-res screens and tiny fonts so I like the 1600x1200
LCDs as currently shipped with the T42p and R50p models.
I have friends who swear by the little X-series units. I've heard that,
with after-market ("planar") batteries, you can get 6--8+ hours of
actual use (coding!) from the X-series units and still have something
under 6 pounds.
And according to:
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ibm.html
most of the new ThinkPads work well with recent Linux distros.
Ed
ps - I love my A22p but the PIII-900 is showing its age,
particularly under repeated builds and tests of our
atmosphere/oceans simulation code.
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